Two people were rescued alive and two others remain trapped after the collapse of a partition in the area of the chimney of the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant, in Matanzas, reports TV Yumurí.
The workers, belonging to the Company Specialized in Repair and Maintenance of Chimneys and works at heights of the Ministry of Construction, worked in the lower part of the evacuation conduit, in the area known as an ashtray, where they extracted soot and carried out other cleaning tasks. when the partition collapsed, a wall seven meters high.
In the place is the emergency service, the Fire Department and the authorities of the province headed by the first secretary of the Party in Matanzas, Susely Morfa González and the governor Mario Sabines Lorenzo.
On his Twitter account, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez commented:
«We are aware of the accident that occurred at the CTE Guiteras and in constant communication with the Matanzas authorities. Everything has been arranged for the rescue of the workers. Our rescuers and firefighters are doing a great effort. Once again #Cuba is with Matanzas”.
The journalist José Miguel Solís reports that, with great care, but without wasting time, firefighters and rescuers remove bricks from inside the chimney of the Matanzas industry, where two workers are still trapped.
According to the first of those rescued, Leonel Pérez Montoya —transferred to the Faustino Pérez hospital for the moment with a bill for his left leg— heard a colleague close to him and from what he suspects is alive.
After 4 in the afternoon they rescued a second person alive after the accident.
First injured receives care
The first person injured in the accident at the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant already receives medical attention at the Faustino Pérez Provincial Hospital in the city of Matanzas, reported journalist Carlos Manuel Bernal
According to the director of the medical institution, Dr. Taymí Martínez Naranjo, the patient arrived conscious with mild head trauma and possible fracture. The pertinent studies are carried out.
On the other hand, José Miguel Solís reports that the search continues for the two remaining workers trapped inside the chimney, in the area of the ashtray.
Second injured up to the hospital
The second person injured in the CTE accident Antonio Guiteras arrives at the Faustino Pérez Provincial Hospital in the city of Matanzas with a possible right hip and tibia fracture, reports TV Yumurí.
The first of the injured, Leonel Pérez Montoya, presented simple head trauma, dislocation of the head and right radius.
Rescue work continues
TV Yumurí specifies that the rescue work requires precision and extreme care.
Specialized forces together with Rescuers of the Fire Department they remove the soot and bricks from the seven-meter wall that has fallen on top of the two workers They still remain missing in the rubble.
In a trill a few minutes ago, the newspaper Girón informa that three patients related to the accident that occurred at the CTE Antonio Guiteras have arrived so far at the Faustino Pérez hospital. All three are in stable condition and without danger to their lives.
Up to now, three patients related to the accident that occurred at the CTE Antonio Guiteras have arrived at the Faustino Pérez hospital. All three are in stable condition and without danger to their lives.#PeriodicoGiron #Matanzas @RPolancoF @EVilluendasC @SuselyMorfaG pic.twitter.com/6STRjo4iqd
– Girón Newspaper (@PeriodicoGiron) April 7, 2023
Two of them, Ángel Dionis Pérez Montoya and Maikel López Navarro, were among those trapped as a result of the accident in the chimney of the CTE Antonio Guiteras.
«The first of them is a 30-year-old male patient with a dislocation in the right lower limb and a simple head trauma. He will be under observation for 24 hours,” said Taymí Martínez Naranjo, director of the hospital.
Regarding Maikel, he commented that he suffers a pelvic fracture, but that he is not in danger either. The official assured that the conditions and resources exist for her medical attention.
The third patient was not among those trapped; but he was helping in the rescue work and the soot caused an injury to his eyes.
(News under construction)